17 A friend loves at all times,
    and a brother is born for a time of adversity.(A)

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17 (A)A friend loves at all times,
And a brother is born for adversity.

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22 What a person desires is unfailing love[a];
    better to be poor than a liar.

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  1. Proverbs 19:22 Or Greed is a person’s shame

22 What is desired in a man is [a]kindness,
And a poor man is better than a liar.

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  1. Proverbs 19:22 Lit. lovingkindness

Many claim to have unfailing love,
    but a faithful person who can find?(A)

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Most men will proclaim each his own [a]goodness,
But who can find a faithful man?

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  1. Proverbs 20:6 Lit. mercy

28 Love and faithfulness keep a king safe;
    through love(A) his throne is made secure.(B)

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28 (A)Mercy and truth preserve the king,
And by [a]lovingkindness he upholds his throne.

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  1. Proverbs 20:28 mercy

21 Whoever pursues righteousness and love
    finds life, prosperity[a](A) and honor.(B)

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  1. Proverbs 21:21 Or righteousness

21 (A)He who follows righteousness and mercy
Finds life, righteousness, and honor.

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Wounds from a friend can be trusted,
    but an enemy multiplies kisses.(A)

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Faithful are the wounds of a friend,
But the kisses of an enemy are (A)deceitful.

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10 Do not forsake your friend or a friend of your family,
    and do not go to your relative’s house when disaster(A) strikes you—
    better a neighbor nearby than a relative far away.

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10 Do not forsake your own friend or your father’s friend,
Nor go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity;
(A)Better is a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.

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